Tim MacMahon
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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Well, you know, we talked about he didn't maximize the return simply by his own admission. Honestly, his own. He was very proud of keeping it top secret and nobody being, you know, other teams not knowing about it. You can't maximize the return operating that way. And look, like.
I almost feel bad for Anthony Davis because he is a top 75 all-time player who is still an absolutely dominant force, right? It ain't like he's some kind of scrub or something. I mean, he is a first ballot Hall of Famer. But if you're trading Luka because you're concerned about durability, well, AD has durability concerns. Yeah. Luka was hurt when the trade was made. So is AD.
AD rushed back to play in that first home game. I've been told maybe due to some motivation of trying to, you know, at least not silence noise, but calm the noise. And boy, that first half, holy crap, was he good. I mean, he was dumb, but then he goes down in the third quarter and just got back on the floor. But Niko's, in Niko's own words, dumb.
they created in a biggest, most athletic front court in the NBA. If you got Kyrie, like they were going to have, they were going to be tough, but Nico created a three to four year timeframe. And you gave up on a generational talent who was yet to hit his prime years, who was beloved by the fan base. Like, look, Luka has flaws, but don't tell Mavericks fans that.
They'll call you all kinds of mean things. So you give up on potentially decade, 12-year, 14-year runway for three to four years after you'd successfully built a contender around Luka. And in doing so, you gave up your draft capital. First round capital, 27, 28, 29, 30. You don't control any of it. And do the math in three to four years. Okay, let's get to 2028.
Oklahoma City, they've got your swap rights. They gave you that pick last year so you could get Daniel Gafford. 29, well, that's the Houston Rockets pick because they suckered Brooklyn into giving them a whole bunch of stuff, the Suns and that pick, so Brooklyn could get their two years back. But that was from the Kyrie trade. Okay. Again, good trade, but now that's the Rockets.
30, that's the San Antonio Spurs for facilitating the Grant Williams sign and trade, which moved in, paying out, okay, whatever. You built a contender around them. And now your three to four years runs straight into when the credit cards do and the collectors are your closest geographic rivals.
I know LeBron, he never just spouts off. I'm sure he has evidence that when he ever uttered such a comment ever in his entire life. LeBron's head coach was a damn good podcaster. I don't know if you're aware of that. JJ Rick, a damn good podcaster. There's a clip floating around.
of Wendy's appearance on Old Man and Three with JJ Reddick last year, where Wendy actually said, I don't think LeBron likes me. So I don't know. Is that like best friend? I don't think he likes me. I don't know. Seems strange. Hello, player, though. All time great. I don't know where he was coming from on that one. He's dunked on a lot of dudes. I don't know why he felt the need to dunk on Wendy.
We're not working on this book on Luca. We did not work together. And look, Luca and I, and like, if you have to kiss somebody's butt, regardless of circumstances, to have a good relationship. As a reporter, that's just not going to work out. Luca and like Mavericks, there's a lot of Mavericks fans, Luca fans that are mad that I wrote a book on him. Oh, you trashed him his whole career.
I didn't trash him his whole career. I've written and talked a ton about what an incredible talent this guy is. I covered him fairly and accurately. Brilliance and flaws. And the flaws can be as obvious as the brilliance. And, you know, all that stuff, you've read the book, all that stuff is represented in the book. But you know what? I'm glad that I don't regret any of my reporting on him.
You know, the public confrontations we had are what they are. But can you imagine if I was just sunshine and daffodils throughout this whole book and then the trade happens and I got a Russian last chapter? Oh, by the way, all this stuff had been building up. He didn't read about it in the first 18 chapters, though.
I really appreciate you having me, man. Enjoy your work. You're a legend in this podcast field, and it has been an honor to appear here.
I'll work with you on that one. It won't be on you. Thanks, buddy. See you. All right. Appreciate it. Adios, amigos.
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